You'll have to excuse me. I have only a quick post today on a very basic and very boring black t-shirt. I have been very distracted by the fact that I just bought an apartment. This has converted me from a reasonable person to a person who is obsessed with teak furniture and succulents. Seriously, I dream of succulents.
I had a dream of making a hemlock tee, a free pattern from Grainline Studio. It's not my usual clothing silhouette but I thought that for a free pattern, I could experiment. It wouldn't be flattering on me, but fashion isn't always about flattery and I thought I could embrace my inner hipster and wear it with my coloured skinny jeans and a toque and just wear it to work.
I didn't have enough fabric. So I had to look at another pattern. I grabbed the Briar pattern and used short sleeves and modified the hem to a straight hem instead of a mullet hem to save on fabric. Also I probably have enough mullet shirts at this point. I think this took my two hours from start to finish. It's nothing special but the soft drapey fabric makes it comfortable and very versatile. I'm sure it will be a basic I wear with all my crazy clothes (which outnumber reasonable clothes in my closet by ALOT). One lesson to take away is that I should increase the amount I stretch fabric on the neckline at the centre front, I find I tend to get rippling at that point.
I had a dream of making a hemlock tee, a free pattern from Grainline Studio. It's not my usual clothing silhouette but I thought that for a free pattern, I could experiment. It wouldn't be flattering on me, but fashion isn't always about flattery and I thought I could embrace my inner hipster and wear it with my coloured skinny jeans and a toque and just wear it to work.
I didn't have enough fabric. So I had to look at another pattern. I grabbed the Briar pattern and used short sleeves and modified the hem to a straight hem instead of a mullet hem to save on fabric. Also I probably have enough mullet shirts at this point. I think this took my two hours from start to finish. It's nothing special but the soft drapey fabric makes it comfortable and very versatile. I'm sure it will be a basic I wear with all my crazy clothes (which outnumber reasonable clothes in my closet by ALOT). One lesson to take away is that I should increase the amount I stretch fabric on the neckline at the centre front, I find I tend to get rippling at that point.
Current resolution: Sew something other than knit shirts...and acquire as many succulents as possible.
EDIT: to share in my insanity, you can find all the cacti and teak you could ever want here.
EDIT: to share in my insanity, you can find all the cacti and teak you could ever want here.